It was three o’ clock on a hot afternoon in Hong Kong in mid-2000. Larry Yung‚ Chairman of Citic Pacific Limited (“CPL”)‚ was having a board meeting with his property development team. From his window on the 33rd floor of Citic Tower‚ he could see the impressive Victoria Harbour and an undeveloped prime waterfront site. This piece of reclaimed land had been purchased by a company six months earlier at a public auction. Now‚ the owner wanted to dispose of it‚ and hence it was made available to CPL
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is baWhy Options Are Better Than Futures For Hedging Futures trading can be used for two main purposes; Speculation and Hedging. While most retail futures traders get involved in futures trading for the purpose of leveraged speculation‚ it cannot be forgotten that the true purpose of futures contracts is for the purpose of hedging. Hedging using futures is technique most professional money managers use for decades. However‚ there is one main problem with hedging using futures and that is the
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the changes occur. Regarding stock options‚ fair value is determined using an option-pricing model that takes into account the stock price at the grant date‚ the exercise price‚ the expected life of the option‚ the volatility of the underlying stock and the expected dividends on it‚ and the risk-free interest rate over the expected life of the option. Under the provisions of the statement 123 of the FASB it is a requirement that companies report stock options on the income statement as an expense
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US Green shoe option Wilhelm (1999) lists three existing instruments of price stabilization in IPOs available in the US. The first one is the stabilizing bid: a bid posted by the underwriter at a price close to the offer price and properly identified as a stabilization bid. This mechanism‚ the only one regulated by the SEC‚ makes the action of the underwriter totally transparent to the market. The second mechanism involves penalties to syndicate members whose costumers flip shares in the first days
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Elesia Pruitt-301 Mr. Shrock CEP Comp 25 November 2014 Summary of “No Fail-Safe Option” In Eugene Robinson’s article‚ “No Fail-Safe Option‚” he addresses that nuclear power is beginning to look like a “bargain with the devil” (Robinson 226). Robinson‚ a journalist for The Washington Post‚ aims his article at the Chernobyl disaster and the unlikeliness of the Fukushima crisis ending with the same result. Even though Japanese engineers struggle to keep the catastrophe from escalating even higher
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Every coin has two sides. After the merger‚ both companies encountered several problems during their integration. Next‚ I will go into details about issues they faced. First of all‚ they wanted to further solidify their brand presence. Fiat has been successful in the European market but lacks visibility in North America; while Chrysler does not carry a strong dealer network in the European markets. What’s worse‚ historically‚ Chrysler was referred to the “Number Three” auto manufacturer and even
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1.3 EXPLAIN THE POST – 16 OPTIONS FOR YOUNG POPLE AND ADULTS POST 16 – OPTIONS Post 16 options are given to young people and adults after they finish year 11 from school. Each post-16 option offers you different qualification opportunities and a different mix of teaching methods and assessment. Post 16 options comprises on: STUDY FULLL TIME 6th form or college Take up an Apprenticeship‚ Traineeship or Supported internship Take a part-time education or training course if you are employed
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Negotiation Skills: Proposal My proposal is to analyze the dealings and negotiations between the merge of Wells Fargo & Company and Wachovia Corporation. Wachovia Corporation had been in talks with Citigroup regarding the merging of the two companies around the end of September in 2008. By September 28‚ 2008‚ Wells Fargo had expressed an interest in obtaining the Wachovia Corporation and by October 3‚ 2008‚ announced that they were going to go through with the merge. “Wells Fargo had expressed
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NET PRESENT‚ VALUE‚ MERGERS AND ACQUISTIONS TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL AVIE MARIE JOHNSTONE STRATEGIC CORPORATE FINANCE FIN501 MODULE 5 CASE ASSIGNMENT PROFESSOR WALTER WITHAM
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Model Question Paper Subject Code: MT0040 Subject Name: VB.Net Credits: 4 Marks: 140 Part A (One mark questions) 1. The _is a systematic class framework used for the development of system tools and utilities. A. .Net Framework Class Library (FCL) B. .Net tools C. Visual Basic 2005 D. Visual Basic 6 2. The model does not offer a model for source code reuse. A. COM+ B. DCOM C. COM D. .Net 3. allow custom items of information about a program element to be stored
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